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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1077237, member: 66&quot;]I agree the Mint did mess some things up with these but a lot of the errors can be laid at the feet of the Congress that authorized them.&nbsp; I think the real problem with these is that the mint never really wanted to make them at all.&nbsp; I think a lot of the problems stem from the mint delaying and dragging their feet and making complaints hoping the law would be changed.&nbsp; All of the complaints about the edge lettering and the planchets being too thin to letter were all lies, but they used those argument to drag their feet.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were a lot of complaints about the mint not selling them directly and letting the distributors handle all the sales, but the legislation mandated that it be done that way.&nbsp; The Mint had no choice.&nbsp; (actually they are using what to me is a questionable interpretation of the law to permit them to sell collector versions this year.)</p><p><br /></p><p>People have said that the distributors would cause the prices to be high, but when was the last time the mint sold a collector version of a bullion coin for the same as the distributors?&nbsp; The collector versions of these coins direct from the mint will be considerably higher than the distributors are selling the bullion versions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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